To the Russian poets and all poets;the shimmering, undefeated "cloud of witnesses" who conveyed at great cost in their own way: the connecting idea between Heaven and earth. And most of all, to the poet from the former Soviet Union who, dying, in prison, wrote his final poem in his own blood on the wall: the single word, "Hope". Whole-hearted To the Triune God in memory of Mary Adalyn Douglas.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Arranging The Pasteboard Furniture

arranging the pasteboard furniturein the dollhouse, won't thesummer be fine? andedged in the lace of Queen Anne;diecut valentinesthe elegant names of the meadowflowers, flowers all under the bluesanctuary of skieswe'll scatter so pinkly there;where cloudlike, again the bride doll glimmersfor her 100th rehearsalconfetti coming downlittle bells going off.and you, will you hold aloftas carefully as you pleasein your schoolcherry coughdrop reveriesher sequined train trailingthe clover-starry grass, or will I?while the Queen stares intoher looking glass a little distractingin a cherry trimmed gownbreaking the clasp onher favorite jade necklace.alas! you cry in your sleepwhere all afternoon you practiced scalesup and down, up and downin a sing-songing, silvering sound,faintly in daylighttracing through musicyour very ownMilky Waymary angela douglas 25 june 2015

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All I want to say is I am very concerned about what I perceive as the devaluation of the pure lyric voice in world poetry and I pray for its renewal and enhancement throughout the world because I believe its loss is also in a deep sense the loss of the human soul to darkness and to senseless information. I also believe in the principles of artistic devotion as enumerated by Kandinsky and I completely believe in the reality of Divine Inspiration in the creative process (I mean, God, not something vague) and in the co-creation of art with God, the artist or poet and the "cloud of witnesses" (those who have laid the groundwork and have preceded us)having an equal confluence and influence.
I believe in all art as a consoling, beautiful, truthful manifestation, not as degradation, obscenity or propaganda. I believe in it as the link between Heaven and Earth.